GUERNSEY COUNTY, Ohio (WCMH) — Three brothers were sentenced Wednesday after being convicted on rape charges stemming from incidents starting nearly a decade ago.
According to the Guernsey County Sheriff’s Office, Micah, Jonathon and Caleb Vaughn were charged with one count of rape on June 24. Wednesday, they received a combined mandatory 30-year sentence and must register as Tier III sex offenders for life, officers said.
“A mandatory sentence in Ohio law means that these offenders will serve each and every day of their sentences. None of them are ever going to be eligible for early release.” said Guernsey County Prosecutor Lindsey Angler.
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The three brothers were apprehended after a woman reported she had been sexually assaulted by three men multiple times. Police said she reported the assaults June 20, and officers learned in the investigation that the assaults began nearly a decade ago when the victim was a juvenile.
Prior to the case reaching a Grand Jury, all three defendants agreed to be prosecuted via Bill of Information, police said. According to the Bill of Information, the brothers assaulted the victim multiple times from 2015 through 2018.
Micah, Jonathon and Caleb Vaughn are 23, 25 and 28 respectively, and police said the length of their sentence was specifically requested and approved by the victim.
“Our Deputies and Detectives have proven to the community that no matter how long ago the crime occurred, the passage of time doesn’t make any criminal safe,” Lieutenant Bill Patterson of the Guernsey County Sheriff’s Office said.
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